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Topic: Worthless fiat currency becomes art in struggling Venezuela (Read 89 times)

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Caracas (AFP) -- Venezuela's currency has lost so much value that people simply throw away their small bills -- they are virtually worthless anyway.

Enter Wilmer Rojas, 25, who scoops them up off the street, uses an origami-like folding technique, a needle and thread to make handbags with an eye to selling them -- maybe even abroad, where people have real money.

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